📍 1147 Kress St, Houston, Harris County, 77020
Pugh el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 351 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeanette Cortez. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pugh el enrolls 351 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 331 | 94% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 4.6% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
319 of the school's 351 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pugh el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 143.
Pugh el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 351 students, Pugh el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large